School psychology

Russia. Son of Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov and Varvara Ivanovna Uspenskaya, Ivan was the oldest of eleven siblings in his religious household. His father, Peter, was a village priest and his mother, Varvara, was a housewife. Ivan went to a church school where he studied theology until his interests pursued him to study scientific pursuit. As a young boy, his biggest inspirations were D.I. Pisarev, I.M. Sechenov, and Charles Darwin. Rather than pursuing a career in religion, Ivan went on to…

longer. The DSM-5 also states that in order for a person to be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, the person must suffer significant distress in daily activities that interferes with his or her ordinary routine in social settings, at work or school, or during other everyday activities. Depression; is according to the DSM-5…

I do it in video games and I do it in real-life. One of greatest things that can help people, I feel, is psychology. I spend an enormous amount of my time learning about psychology to understand people. The Carl Jung and Meyer Briggs personality type quiz helped me learn about myself and others. Simply put, it sorts people in sixteen groups by how they act. And those sixteen groups are creepily…

Introduction Narrative therapy is a relatively new form of therapy and intervention within the field of psychology. It was first developed by Michael White, a late 20th century psychotherapist and David Epston of New Zealand. The two opened a family therapy practice in the 1980s and wrote a book called Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, which marks the beginning of the creation of the concept of narrative therapy. Since the publication of their book in 1990, narrative therapy has been widely…

his perhaps somewhat controversial studies of attachment issues on infant monkeys. His article, A Theory of Human Motivation (1943) introduced and developed the hierarchy of needs through his understandings and research of motivational theories in psychology. Subsequently “his five-tier model of human needs often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid has made him the…

The main point made by the author, John Markoff, is that people are more likely to do something when they are given an incentive, or gift. Markoff expressed, through the help of others, that if there was a problem that needed to be fixed, giving an incentive to a person would help fix the problem because the person would mostly likely start doing whatever needed to be done to help out with the problem. Markoff supports his main point about incentives being a good thing by giving examples of what…

The nature vs nurture debate is a classic debate in psychology. It is one of the oldest arguments in the psychology community, and has in fact existed longer than the twenty-one years I 've been alive. Since first introduced by Francis Galton in 1869, it has evolved as an even more controversial topic. There are those who believe that nature has the biggest influence on one’s behavior, while others argue that nurture does. Moreover, the debate of nurture and nature could be applied to my own…

Medications can play a huge role in controlling epileptic seizures. The website WEBMD states that 70% of patients with epilepsy medications are able to control seizures (Denoon et al.). However, they can't cure epilepsy, and medication is often needed throughout the course of the disease. Often medications are prescribed on a trial and error basis. The right medication or combination of medications must be found for each specific person with the illness. Surgery is also an option for people with…

History of Group Work Group work is a wide-ranging training implementing the presentation of awareness and ability in operating a group to support an inter-reliant group of people to accomplish their shared objectives, which may be social, interpersonal, or related to the occupation. The history of group work began in the early 1900’s. There were many theorists who contributed to the evolution of group work. A few will be mentioned from the 1900s and a couple will be mentioned that have recently…

Social Work A social worker’s job is to help individuals dealing with internal or external problems and find simple ways to help them cope with their problems. In a short reading of “College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings: Not All College Degree Are Created Equal” by Anthony P. Carnevale, Ban Cheah, and Jeff Strohl, Social Work majors have a low unemployment rate and low pay. It can improve with experience and graduate education. Before deciding to go into this field, college students must…